21-Day World Cruise Segment - London to New York

The largest city in Canada’s Maritime Province, Halifax has strong ties to its past. The star-shaped Citadel fortress, built by Cornwallis in 1749, overlooks the city and much of the area’s maritime history is displayed in the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

Nestled in a beautiful mountain area near the southernmost coast of Greenland. The town was established in 1797, and has a population of about 2,700.

Reykjavik, is the capital of Iceland. It is the country’s chief port and center of its cod fishing industry.

Founded in 874 A.D., it is the home of the Althing, or Icelandic parliament, the oldest in Europe. The city’s heating system uses nearby hot springs. Reykjavik was the site of 1986 disarmament talks between the U.S. and USSR.

Shetland Islands, archipelago, 552 sq mi (1,427 sq km), off N Scotland. They consist of c.100 islands c.70 mi (110 km) long, about a fourth of which are inhabited. The largest are Mainland (where Lerwick, the main town, is located), Yell, Unst, Fetlar, Whalsey, and Bressay. Oil, produced offshore in the North Sea since the 1970s, supplements income
from traditional sheep, cattle, and knitware industries. Tourism is also important. The hardy Shetland pony and the Shetland sheepdog originated there. Occupied by Norsemen by the 9th cent., the islands were annexed to Scotland in 1472.